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Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress — at the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.

In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.

Don’t Walk Among the Dead

Logline: In a frozen post-apocalyptic world two estranged sisters cross paths with a deranged man who makes them choose between survival or each other.

Elevator Pitch:

“Don’t Walk Among The Dead” is a post apocalyptic thriller/action short film that takes place in a frozen post apocalyptic world. The story revolves around two sisters, Molly and Jasmine who are struggling to find a safe haven in mountains while drifting apart emotionally from each other. When Jasmine, the older of the two sisters falls sick, they take refuge in an abandoned wood cabin where they

Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress — at the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.

In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.

Rang Raaz: The Secret of Colour

Logline: A short about a Hindu-Muslim couple who elope one night in Pakistan. As day breaks they must reckon with the consequences.

Elevator Pitch:

“Rang Raaz: The Secret of Colour” is about a young Muslim-Hindu couple who elope with the help of their best friend. As day breaks and reality sets in, the newlyweds must come to terms with the consequences of their marriage.

The film is set in Karachi, Pakistan. It explores the dynamics between childhood friends, the recklessness of youth, and the tensions that arise from the journey into adulthood.

Here’s your daily dose of an indie film, web series, TV pilot, what-have-you in progress — at the end of the week, you’ll have the chance to vote for your favorite.

In the meantime: Is this a project you’d want to see? Tell us in the comments.

Tales From Shaolin Part One: “Shakey Dog”

Logline: In the slums of Shaolin, no score is ever so simple.

Elevator Pitch:

“Tales from Shaolin” reinterprets the works of the Wu-Tang Clan into a Shakespeare infused, Tarantino-style, John Woo-inspired action film! It is a complete re-imagining of the song, “Shakey Dog” by Ghostface Killah. A the tale of a drug stick-up gone wildly wrong!

The winning filmmaker will become a candidate for August Project of the Month. That winner will be in the running for Project of the Year.

The four projects up for this week’s Project of the Week are listed below, with descriptions courtesy of the filmmakers. You can vote at the bottom of the page.

Rachel Unraveled: A musical satire following a young actress trying to make it big in the Big Apple.

Pinocchio’s Candy Lust: A 20-minute short about a female carpenter named Gepetto’s self-transformation into a reckless artist (Pinocchio) and her shifting relationship to the world of men. “Pinocchio’s Candy Lust” a treatise on gender in relation to artistic identity.

Red Heaven: In a small dome on a remote volcano in Hawaii, six adventurers are simulating life in the first human habitat on Mars. “Red Heaven” follows their experience over an entire year in isolation,

Logline: NBA All-Star Kenny Anderson is in a mid-life crisis, grappling with his identity and coming to terms with his past and he searches for relevancy in his future.

Elevator Pitch:

This is not your typical basketball documentary. Like Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” we follow Kenny as he travels back to people and places of his past witnessing him reconciling the good with the evil. What happens to a sports superstar once their talent has left them, and they are forced to confront who they will be for the rest of their lives. “Men’s courses will foreshadow certain ends,

Logline: In a small dome on a remote volcano in Hawaii, six adventurers are simulating life in the first human habitat on Mars. “Red Heaven” follows their experience over an entire year in isolation, asking why do we dream of living on Mars?

Elevator Pitch:

With unprecedented exclusive access to a simulated Mars mission, “Red Heaven” provides a raw and intimate look into what living on Mars might actually be like for human beings. The crew – all in their 30s – have backgrounds ranging from astrobiology to forestry and even space architecture, and this adventure challenges the very core of their personal beliefs.

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